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When You're Around

Chapter 35

Randy spent the next ten minutes pacing all over his house, he was so mad he couldn't even work out, as he digested what exactly just happened. Sam came over, he confronted her about Chloe's job, Sam admitted to it, Sam proceeded to make a move on Randy and Chloe walked in and saw the whole thing. That about covers it. "Dammit," Randy mumbled to himself before he tripped over the bags that were sitting on the floor. The bags Chloe dropped when she saw Randy and Sam. Randy grabbed the bags and brought them into his kitchen. He didn't unpack them because he felt like shit doing that to her and then taking the groceries she brought for them to share. He glanced in though to see what she got. Pancake mix, strawberries, bacon and some other goodies. He hung his head in shame. She had come over to apologize and instead walked into him making out with his ex wife. It doesn't matter that Sam forced herself on him and he didn't return the kiss, all Chloe saw was Sam sitting on his lap kissing him. He couldn't blame her. It looked pretty bad.

"Daddy?" He heard and looked up. He tried to offer Lindsey a smile but he couldn't.

"Hey," He said before swinging her up into his arms. He carried her over to the couch and sat on it with her in his lap.

"Daddy, are you ok?" She asked in a concerned voice.

"I'm fine baby, why?" He lied.

"I heard you yelling. Are you mad at me?" Linds asked.

Randy's heart broke. He didn't even think about Linds being in the house when he flipped out on Sam. "Oh no baby, I'm sorry I did that. I'm not mad at you. There was just a...misunderstanding."

She nodded and leaned into her dad's embrace and rested her head on his shoulder. "Want to talk about it? You always say the best way to move on from something is to talk about it." She reminded him and he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Mommy did something that hurt Chloe's feelings and we made a mistake and Chloe's upset with me." He gave her the shortened rated G version.

She looked up at her dad. "Was it because mom called the school?"

He raised a brow at her. "How do you know about it?"

"I told mommy about you and Chloe being boyfriend and girlfriend and she got really angry. She told me to go to my room but I heard her talking on the phone and she was saying she was so mad at you and she was going to get you back and call the school so Chloe gets fired." She frowned up at her dad. "Why is Chloe getting fired?"

Randy let out a sigh. "Linds, the school thinks the relationship I have with Chloe is inappropriate and she might not come back to school next year." He didn't want to have to tell Linds about this but he didn't want to lie to her.

"Why?" She asked in true third grader form.

He shrugged. "I don't know," He said honestly.

She accepted his answer and laid her head on his shoulder again. They were both silent for a minute before Lindsey spoke again. "Why did mommy do that if Chloe was going to get fired?"

Again, he didn't want to lie but he also didn't want to throw Sam under the bus. He thought about it before giving her an answer. "Your mom doesn't know Chloe that well and she was concerned about you being around her."

"But she was my teacher. That doesn't make sense." She said and Randy just shrugged because she was right, it didn't make any sense.


Adam lazily brought his bottle of beer to his lips as he idly flipped through the channels on TV. He would like to say that he was enjoying his days off and time at home with his dog, Buster, but he wasn't enjoying his days off. And there was only one reason for that. Rachel Macguire. In all actuality, he couldn't wait to go back on the road and see the woman. There was just something about her he liked. He would never admit because he was having too much fun pissing her off, but he definitely liked her. And that worried him. He had had his fun with woman in the past and he was supposed be strictly focusing on his career now. He was captivated by her beautiful, long locks of hair, her great big blue eyes and her long legs that seemed to go on forever.

He groaned as his thoughts turned dirty and he began to wonder just what he would find if he ran his hands up her smooth, long legs. "Damn Buster, this one is trouble." He said to his dog before taking a gulp of his beer with one hand and using the other to scratch the pet behind his ears. He thought of the last time he had seen the woman. In the cafeteria on Monday night. As much as he enjoyed teasing her, it was obvious she didn't appreciate it because she barely spoke to him. He had been insanely jealous when Stephen had come up to the table and Rachel had immediately smiled and warmed up to the man. What was so special about the big man? He didn't have any sort of problem with the guy and he had an immense amount of talent in the business but it was clear to Adam that he was developing some sort of feelings for Rachel and he didn't want Stephen to get in the way.

Adam turned to looked down at his dog sitting next to him on the couch when he let out a loud groan and rolled over to lay on his back. "Buster, it's so obvious why you never have lady friends over. Never show the goods so lewdly." Adam said as he grabbed a throw pillow to cover the dogs exposed private parts.

About twenty minutes later, there was a knock on the door and Buster immediately jumped up barking loudly. "Alright, alright!" Adam yelled more at the dog than whoever was at his door. After opening the door and seeing John standing there, the two embraced in a man handshake-hug. "Hey man, what's up?" Adam asked his friend as he led them into the living room, where he'd just been sitting. Because John and Adam, and many of there other coworkers, lived in the Tampa area, it was not unusual for them to just show up at each others houses without any notice.

"Hey Buster," John said to the dog as he walked into the living room after making a pit stop in the kitchen to grab a bottle of water. "What are you watching man?" John asked alarmed.

"What? There is nothing else on." Adam said defensively to the shop at home network currently screening on his living room TV.

John laughed and shook his head, taking a sip of his water. Both men were silent for a few minutes as they watched the TV host demonstrate how to work a vacuum. "That's actually kind of cool. I could use one of those." Adam just grunted in response. "I came here to get my mind off things and just sitting here isn't helping." John said as he leaned down to pet the dog.

Adam lowered the volume and turned to his friend. "What's up?"

John let out a sigh and rubbed a hand over his face. "Have you met Chloe's friend Jessica?" Adam shook his head. He'd heard of her but never met her. "Well I met her last week when I went to stay with Randy while my kitchen was getting remodeled. And I haven't been able to stop thinking about her since."

Adam nodded in understanding. That is exactly what was happening with him and his thoughts that were constantly on Rachel. "So you like her?"

John shrugged. "I don't know, I mean I do, but I don't know her at all."

"So get to know her." Adam told him easily.

"When?" John shot back.

Adam shrugged his shoulders. "That's for you to figure out."

John rolled his eyes. "Wow, that was a lot of help, thanks."

Adam laughed and turned the volume back up on the TV. "That's what I'm here for."

"Well what about you, got a new girl?" John asked as his eyes trained back on the TV.

Adam hesitated. He wasn't quite ready to tell his friend of his little crush on Rachel. Especially if she had a thing going with Stephen, that would just embarrass him and his friends would pity him and he didn't need that. "No, I'm enjoying the single life."

A/N: What a liar! haha. Love your amazing reviews, thanks so much!